Confidence in Italian manufacturing down in April from March

Tuesday, 30 April 2013 14:57:03 (GMT+3)   |   Brescia
       

In April this year, the seasonally adjusted confidence index in the Italian manufacturing sector declined by 1.12 percent month on month to 87.6, after minimal month-on-month growth in the preceding two months, as announced by the Italian national statistics institute Istat.

On month-on-month basis, in April the balance of inventories in Italian manufacturing was stable, while assessments on order books and production expectations indicated a worsening.

In April, the index fell 0.46 percent for intermediate goods, 1.48 percent for instrumental goods and three percent for consumer goods, all month on month.


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